- Patent Title: Air-conditioning apparatus and refrigerant leakage detection method
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Application No.: US14891975Application Date: 2014-07-29
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Publication No.: US10539358B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Yasuhiro Suzuki , Takao Komai , Akira Maeda , Masafumi Tomita , Masahiro Takamura
- Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Posz Law Group, PLC
- Priority: JP2013-174790 20130826
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/069972 WO 20140729
- International Announcement: WO2015/029678 WO 20150305
- Main IPC: F25B49/00
- IPC: F25B49/00 ; F24F11/36 ; F25D17/06 ; F24F11/83 ; F25B13/00

Abstract:
An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a header main pipe to which an indoor pipe is connected at a brazed portion and header branch pipes. The header branch pipes are connected to first ends of heat-transfer pipes included in an indoor heat exchanger at brazed portions. The indoor pipe is connected to indoor refrigerant branch pipes at brazed portions. The indoor refrigerant branch pipes are connected to second ends of the heat-transfer pipes. A first leaked refrigerant receiver is disposed under the brazed portions. A first temperature sensor is disposed in the first leaked refrigerant receiver. A second leaked refrigerant receiver is disposed under flare joints connecting the indoor pipes to extension pipes, respectively. A second temperature sensor is disposed in the second leaked refrigerant receiver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160091241A1 AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND REFRIGERANT LEAKAGE DETECTION METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-03-31
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